FAA PROPOSES $95,000 FINE AGAINST KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $95,000 fine against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands for violating U.S. Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations.
The FAA alleged that KLM improperly offered, accepted and transported as cargo an oxygen generator and protective breathing equipment, and did not class, describe, package, mark or label the shipment as hazardous materials.
The shipment was flown from Amsterdam to Los Angeles on Sept. 26., the was offered to Federal Express for transport by air from Los Angeles to Seattle. The shipment was delivered to the Boeing Spares Distribution Center, where it was opened and the presence of hazardous materials was disclosed to the FAA.
An oxygen generator was believed to be the cause of an explosion which downed a ValuJet aircraft in the Florida Everglades in 1996, killing 110.